Flagpole Doe

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"Flagpole Doe" was a man who died by suicide by jumping off of a flagpole in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1989.

Case[]

The decedent was spotted by a police officer running around naked. He climbed up onto a McDonald's flagpole and when asked to climb down, he jumped off. He may have been foreign to the country and came to Alaska via ship.

Characteristics[]

Curly brown hair.
Beard and mustache.
Blue or hazel eyes.

Exclusions[]

Sources[]

Flagpole Doe at the Doe Network ^{POSTMORTEM WARNING}
Flagpole Doe at NamUs^{POSTMORTEM WARNING}
Flagpole Doe at Find a Grave
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage Press

Footnotes[]

↑ ^{Some sources list his date of discovery as August 24.}
↑ ^{NamUs lists his body condition as unrecognizable due to decomposition, yet all evidence points to his body being recovered soon after he died.}

[1] {Some sources list his date of discovery as August 24.}

[2] {NamUs lists his body condition as unrecognizable due to decomposition, yet all evidence points to his body being recovered soon after he died.}

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